Youtube daily US Oct 18 2017

We start with the U.S. Treasury's semi-annual currency report.

As I mentioned in the headlines, South Korea was deemed NOT to be a currency manipulator,

but will remain on the monitoring list with a handful of other countries.

Let's get further details from our Kim Mok-yeon,... who is on the line for us.

Mok-yeon, can you walk us through why South Korea remains on the monitoring list....

Hi Mark, well, this year the U.S. Treasury did not alter its three major thresholds for

identifying currency manipulation put in place last year by the Obama administration.

The three being: a bilateral trade surplus with the United States of 20 billion dollars

or more, a global current account surplus of at least three percent of GDP, and persistent

foreign exchange purchases equal to two percent of GDP over twelve months.

If a country meets all these three criteria, it would be labeled a manipulating country,

but if it only meets two of these conditions, they go on the monitoring list.

South Korea was on the U.S. Treasury's monitoring list in April, mostly for posting a significant

bilateral trade surplus with the United States and other factors.

And South Korea is not the only country included on the monitoring list...

That's right.

China, Japan, Germany and Switzerland - remain on the latest list, but Taiwan was removed.

Among these countries, much attention was paid to China as President Trump repeatedly

pledged during last year's presidential campaign that he would include Beijing on the list

of manipulators.

The Treasury said it is concerned about China's unusually large, bilateral trade surplus with

the U.S. and its policies that limit market access for imported goods and services.

Currency market analysts say they expect President Trump not to take a hard line on China regarding

the currency issue as Washington seeks to cooperate with Beijing to solve the North

Korea nuclear issue.

Back to you.

For more infomation >> South Korea avoids being labeled currency manipulator by U.S. - Duration: 1:49.

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Body Of US Soldier Killed In Niger Returns Home To South Florida - Duration: 1:22.

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Eighth Oldest Living Person In U.S. Celebrates 112th Birthday In Butler Co. - Duration: 2:22.

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US Rep: Trump Says Fallen Soldier Knew What He Signed Up For - Duration: 0:49.

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Body Of US Soldier Killed In Niger Returns Home To South Florida - Duration: 2:31.

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Top U.S. commander says North Korean nukes are 'recipe for disaster' - Duration: 0:39.

A top U.S. military commander has warned... that North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons

and long-range missiles... is a "recipe for disaster".

Admiral Harry Harris,... head of the U.S. Pacific Command,... was speaking at a lecture

in Singapore on Tuesday,... where he also called on China to pile more pressure on the

regime.

Harris said,... he must "imagine the unimaginable"... regarding a military solution to the crisis,...

pointing to Pyongyang's dangerous arsenal and a volatile leader in Kim Jong-un.

He stressed however,... that pursuing *diplomatic options remained the top priority... of the

U.S. government.

For more infomation >> Top U.S. commander says North Korean nukes are 'recipe for disaster' - Duration: 0:39.

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U.S. invites press to watch joint naval drills with South Korea - Duration: 1:56.

The U.S. military has invited members of the press... to board the nuclear-powered aircraft

carrier USS Ronald Reagan... amid its ongoing naval drills with the South Korean Navy.

North Korea has blasted the military exercise... calling it a sign of desperation... in the

face of Pyongyang's rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Yu Joonhee reports.

Aboard the USS Ronald Reagan,... F-18 Super Hornets,... the U.S. Navy's premier frontline

fighter... take to the skies after screaming off the deck.

The warplanes are aided in their take-off,... by catapults harnessing high-pressure steam

from the ship's nuclear reactor... and arrestor wires bring them to a dead stop upon landing.

The F-18 Super Hornets have a combat radius of more than 700 kilometers,... and with the

aid of long-range munitions... can strike key targets in North Korea such as its nuclear

facilities... without crossing over its maritime border.

The Ronald Reagan... like other U.S. supercarriers,... is a floating juggernaut that operates more

than 70 aircraft of different types.

The carrier is one more than 40 vessels,... from both the U.S. and South Korean navies...

taking part in a joint military exercise between Washington and Seoul.

The Pentagon has also deployed... the F-22 Raptor and B-1B strategic bombers to the Korean

Peninsula... in a show of force against North Korea.

(English) "An exercise not only involving maritime forces,

but also army and air force assets, that over the next week, will allow us to test our interoperability,

our tactics and procedures..."

North Korea's state media has denounced the joint military drills,... calling it a last-ditch

effort by the U.S. after being backed into a corner... by the regime's growing nuclear

arsenal.

Although there are no current signs of imminent provocations by the North,...

Seoul and Washington are maintaining a high state of readiness... for any possible contingencies.

Yu Joonhee, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> U.S. invites press to watch joint naval drills with South Korea - Duration: 1:56.

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6.US Modellbahn Convention Rodgau 2017 Teil 3 - Duration: 13:47.

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Justin Hartley Reads The Saddest Tweets About "This Is Us" - Duration: 2:42.

I finally know how Jack died, and I am not ok!

I am not...ok!

Ok!

Do you know how he died?

Or do you have a clue how he died?

Is that just a clue?

I'm just saying, I'm throwing it out there, I don't know.

Or maybe I do know...

Crying emoji, crying emoji, crying emoji...

When I watch Kevin and Randall fight, I want to cry.

#ThisIsUs Yea me too, I don't get it.

Like Kevin, why so much angst, why so much? Like relax bro...like calm down a little bit.

But also Randall, I don't know maybe just...you calm down too, I'm just saying.

Throwing it out there.

In a few months everything will be fine, *cut to a few months when everything is most certainly

not fine.*

You're also paying attention, this is great.

#ThisIsUs.

Randall's breakdown broke me.

It broke me too.

I was literally screaming, "Kevinnnnnn!!"

Insanely beautiful brotherly moment.

Overwhelmed with feels.

#ThisIsUs Why are people saying feels now instead of

feelings?

Is it a...I mean I like it, it's fine but overwhelmed with feels...is that different

than overwhelmed with feelings?

Is feels more specific?

Maybe it's more specific...I'm getting old I guess.

I knew it was going to be an emotional night, but starting with a William voiceover...it's

too much!

*crying emoji* That man's voice is like velvet, and when

he's sad you feel it, and when he's happy you feel it.

Another episode of 'This Is Us' down, another fresh batch of tears.

Oh my God, Randall and Kevin, *sad face* I'm not ready for the next ep, William.

*crying emoji* A lot of crying emoji's!

Whenever people ask me what 'This Is Us' is about, I say emotions.

Just emotions...and it is, but that's what life is about right?

Some good, some bad, some sad, some fun...is fun an emotion?

There are emotional episodes, and then there are those ones that leave us curled up in the

corner sobbing.

Waiting for Kevin.

And I will hold you like a baby!

But Oh my God, in the other episode....it's actually just OMG, but it sounds better this

way.

But Oh my God, in the other episode, when Kevin comforts Randall, he didn't want

to ignore him, like he did when they were teenagers.

I *crying emoji, crying emoji, crying emoji*.

That's great, I'm going to put that one in my pocket.

Kevin holding Randall, on that office floor just punched me right in the chest.

Yea, I got a double punch right in the chest.

That was intense, and being there was just as intense...so thank you for watching.

These are sad tweets, we will try to keep more coming.

For more infomation >> Justin Hartley Reads The Saddest Tweets About "This Is Us" - Duration: 2:42.

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Biafra: US law firm drags President Buhari, Buratai to ICC - Duration: 6:22.

Biafra: US law firm drags President Buhari, Buratai to ICC

- The law firm of Fein & DelValle PLLC accused President Buhari of mistreating Igbos. - The law firm said it was taking up case against the president at the International Criminal Court.

- It said it was going to speak for Igbos who cannot do so in Nigeria.

The law firm of Fein & DelValle PLLC has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and chief of army staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai, to the International Criminal Court over treatment of Biafra agitators.

In a statement released over the weekend, the law firm said it was pursuing the case "on behalf of Biafrans who covet justice - the dead, the living, and those yet to be born.

In the statement, the law firm accused President Buhari of ordering the mistreatment of unharmed Biafra agitators.

The statement reads: "Buhari and Buratai are criminally culpable because of their command responsibility over security forces operating under their direction or control and who are terrorising tens of millions of Biafrans specifically because of their Christianity and ethnicity.

"The crimes include extrajudicial killings, torture, and sister unspeakable horrors. They are the grisly signature of Buhari's and Buratai's ongoing military campaign in the South East region with the euphemistic moniker Operation Python Dance II.

"The indictment being drafted by Fein & DelValle will be presented to Chief Prosecutor of the ICC, Fatou Bensouda.

It will be modeled after the genocide or crimes against humanity indictments returned against Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic, Sudan's Omar Bashir, Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Chad's Hissen Habre, and Cambodia's Comrade Duch.

"The overwhelming majority of Biafrans cannot speak for themselves without risking lethal retaliation by President Buhari or Lt.

That fear explains the reason the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the motion of Fein & DelValle to reference their ten (10) Biafran plaintiffs anonymously in their Torture Victims Protection Act suit against sixteen (16) individual Nigerian defendants in Doe, et al.

Buratai, et al., Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-0133.

"Fein & Delvalle are gathering photographic, video, and testimonial evidence of the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity perpetrated by Buhari and Buratai against Igbos not only in the South East region, but also in northern Nigeria and elsewhere.

There is no safe haven in Nigeria for them.

Last June, Hausa Fulani youths in northern Nigeria (Arewa) with impunity threatened to evict eleven million Igbos from their homes and businesses in northern Nigeria by force and violence if they did not quit the area by October 1, 2017.

"We are confident that 50 million Igbos in Nigeria were not born with saddles on their backs ready to be ridden by booted and spurred Hausa-Fulani with the grace of God.

Criminal prosecutions of Buhari and Buratai before the International Criminal Court are the best way of teaching that gospel.

"The prosecutions of Buhari and Buratai will prompt the United Nations Security Council to task the United Nations Electoral Unit to conduct a referendum on Biafran independence in the South East region; and, to operate a transitional government for a six-month period prior to the balloting to avoid any intimidation of the voters.

It is no accident that South Sudan achieved independence on the heels of President Bashir's ICC indictment for genocide in Darfur.

"Nigeria's current borders were drawn by a racist British colonial master more than a century ago with no reference to the inhabitants. The boundaries are morally, legally, and politically indefensible.

The Government of Nigeria does not reflect popular will on that score. It rules under a 1999 Constitution that was decreed by a military dictator for the purpose, among other things, of holding Igbos in bondage to Hausa-Fulani terrorists.

"Britain defaulted on its decolonisation obligation to permit self-determination referenda by each of the separate and distinct peoples of Nigeria.

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514, December 14, 1960, provides: 'All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development'.".

Meanwhile, the list of charges slammed against 16 top Nigerian government, army and police officials before the US District Court for the District of Columbia has been revealed. The charges were leveled by legal representatives of 10 pro-Biafra activists.

For more infomation >> Biafra: US law firm drags President Buhari, Buratai to ICC - Duration: 6:22.

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This Is Us 2x05 Promo "Brothers" (SUB ITA) - Duration: 0:31.

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This Is Us - You're Racist, Mom (Episode Highlight) - Duration: 3:57.

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This Is Us - Share the Moment: Just the Two of Us (Episode Highlight - Presented by Chevrolet) - Duration: 2:27.

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Fmr. Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates expresses faith...| Morning joe| MSNBC - Duration: 8:41.

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How Do the Blessings in the Scriptures Apply to us Today? Knowhy #373 - Duration: 1:21.

When the Book of Mormon people kept their covenants, the Lord richly blessed them.

Both Deuteronomy and Leviticus promise blessings to the children of Israel for keeping their covenants,

and as a branch of the house of Israel, the Nephites experienced many of these same blessings.

The many parallels between the Book of Mormon and books like Deuteronomy and Leviticus

are not only a subtle evidence for the authenticity the Book of Mormon,

but the authors may have specifically mentioned these blessings to help remind us that God will bless us for our obedience,

no matter how long ago He promised those blessings.

Examples of the parallels between the Israelites and the Nephites

include being blessed in their cities, in their flocks and herds, with rain, posterity, strength against their enemies,

and with God's presence at their tabernacle.

If the blessings of the Law of Moses applied to people in the Book of Mormon,

these same blessings can certainly apply to us today.

As we keep our covenants with God today, He will bless us, just as he blessed those in the Book of Mormon

that kept their covenants with Him.

And now you know why.

For more infomation >> How Do the Blessings in the Scriptures Apply to us Today? Knowhy #373 - Duration: 1:21.

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'No more talking' North Korea REJECTS peace talks as US warships surround Kim - Duration: 2:20.

'No more talking' North Korea REJECTS peace talks as US warships surround Kim

US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have put the globe on the edge of World War 3 with numerous missile threats.

Trump vowed to destroy the rulers of the Hermit Kingdom if it continued to threaten America and its allies. US and South Korean forces currently surround the despot nation, while they practice taking down their top brass.

TALK IS CHEAP: North Korea once again rejected diplomacy. But US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, said the US would continue to try and discuss diplomatic negotiations with the despot nation, "until the first bomb is dropped".

However, even with destroyers and fighter planes surrounding them, the North has remained defiant. After Tillerson's message, a North Korean source rejected any peace talks between the two nations.

The source said: "Before we can engage in diplomacy with the Trump administration, we want to send a clear message that the DPRK has a reliable defensive and offensive capability to counter any aggression.

Experts believe the tubby tyrant is ready to fire his next missile this week, in retaliation to the war games on his doorstep. READY FOR WAR? North Korea soldiers are at the ready.

Among the many missiles from his armoury which could be fired are his devastating hydrogen bomb, which could be fired above ground for the first time.

Another could be an ICBM, showing the North now has the range to hit the US with a missile.

For more infomation >> 'No more talking' North Korea REJECTS peace talks as US warships surround Kim - Duration: 2:20.

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WFYS 2017: Putin & US Young Teacher - Duration: 7:03.

Daniel Bell,

a young teacher from the United States.

Daniel, please.

First, thank you very much, Mr President,

for hosting us tonight.

If you will permit me,

a happy belated birthday to you.

Thank you also to the organisers for starting this event.

My time here actually began a few days ago, in Moscow,

at the parade where 300,

more or less,

students my age from all over the world gathered

to build relationships and get to know each other.

The opportunity that this event has presented is

to examine these political problems

and the global problems through a distinctly

non-political lens,

a human lens,

to examine the human universal experiences

that are coming from all that what we do.

And in that time at this parade I met the students

from Iran, Iraq, Syria – intelligent,

driven young people my age

who care about their countries and care about

their respective problems.

And in that moment you realise and you see more

clearly than anything else that these distinctions

we draw between ourselves and these complications,

these abstractions we create around

these problems are just that.

And what lies there and what is really important

is the human heart and the experience.

You mentioned our healthcare debate

in the United States.

I believe that that debate is at its worse

and we do not realise the human element,

the human effect,

that people's lives are what is there

and we use instead the easy political thing

to abstract and confuse.

So for me language and teaching and education

are means to that,

they are shortcuts on the way to touch the deepest,

most intimate things we feel as human beings,

our identities, who we are.

And as I prepare to go to Brazil to teach English

that is what I hope to do.

I experienced that learning languages.

What I experienced here is that even knowing one word

is just a shortcut straight to what another person thinks.

This festival offers the opportunity to really engage

with people of different nationalities and I have done

that and I hope to continue to do that in all these

different countries.

This is my first time in Russia

and I have got to meet a lot of young, driven Russian

people my age who care about their country

and care about these problems and care about

the world they live in.

And what I sincerely believe is I do not see them

as my rivals.

I hope they succeed.

Because we need intelligent young,

driven people to tackle these issues,

whether it is curing cancer,

climate change, cleaning our environment.

To paraphrase, no one people, no one nation,

no one region of this world has a monopoly on answers,

has a monopoly on solutions.

And to tackle these things we need to be constantly

connected to each other and driven and not get

distracted by the things that are very easy to look at,

and to realise that ultimately,

this probably will affect all of us.

And they are interconnected and

we are interconnected as members of this planet.

And the West does not start

in Los Angeles and St Petersburg.

We draw these lines.

And events like this give us the opportunity

to see that they are just lines and what is behind them

is human lives.

So again,

thank you very much for hosting us and

for the opportunity to be here today.

You have just made several very important points.

First,

you said that no one has a monopoly

on advancing their vision

of global development unilaterally.

This is very true.

The world is diverse and this diversity

must be respected.

I have exactly the same attitude

to the things you just spoke about.

The second point you made,

which I also think is very important,

is that we need to stop seeing each other as rivals.

I do not know whether

it is possible between countries but this is,

generally, what we should strive for.

We must make the effort to see each other as partners.

Here,

my neighbour on the left already said something

in the same vein.

It is a crucial thing that undermines our relations

at the interstate level because we see each other

as rivals.

Instead of cooperating and solving

our common problems,

we waste substantial resources

and get distracted by secondary things.

We waste resources on rivalry, on how to appear better

and on winning,

which does not necessarily lead

to a positive result for anybody,

the loser or the winner.

So,

it is a very delicate issue.

True,

this idea may be utopian because essentially all

of nature is competitive and society

is competitive through and through.

At any rate,

we must make sure that this competition

does not reach a critical stage

and turn into hostility, let alone war.

We also need to intensify the second vector,

the vector of cooperation,

in searching for solutions

to common challenges and problems.

If we can build our relations to this effect,

everybody will benefit, no doubt.

Thank you very much.

Mr President,

I think we are ready to wrap up the event.

This discussion could go on forever.

As you can see,

all our participants are very well prepared

and knowledgeable.

Thank you very much for meeting with us.

We cannot let you go without a group photo.

The participants have been eager for one,

if you do not mind.

With pleasure.

I would like to thank you for this discussion

and for coming to Russia.

I really want you to return home in a good mood,

with new knowledge and many useful connections.

Thank you.

For more infomation >> WFYS 2017: Putin & US Young Teacher - Duration: 7:03.

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South Korea avoids being labeled currency manipulator by U.S. - Duration: 1:45.

South Korea is cleared of the label currency manipulator in the eyes of U.S. Treasury Department.

However Seoul, along with a handful of other countries... is still on Washington's monitoring

list.

Kim Mok-yeon has the details from the currency report.

In its report released on Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury said no major trading partner is

manipulating its currency to gain an advantage in trade this year.

The Treasury said it did not alter its three major thresholds for identifying currency

manipulation put in place last year by the Obama administration.

The three being: a bilateral trade surplus with the United States of 20 billion dollars

or more, a global current account surplus of at least three percent of GDP, and persistent

foreign exchange purchases equal to two percent of GDP over twelve months.

If a country meets all three of these criteria, it would be labeled a manipulating country,

but if it only meets two of these conditions, they go on the monitoring list.

South Korea was on the U.S. Treasury's monitoring list in April, mostly for posting a significant

bilateral trade surplus with the United States and other factors.

As well as South Korea,...

China, Japan, Germany and Switzerland remain on the latest list, but Taiwan was removed.

Among those countries, much attention was paid to China as President Trump repeatedly

pledged during last year's presidential campaign that he would include Beijing on the list

of manipulators.

The Treasury said it's concerned about China's unusually large, bilateral trade surplus with

the U.S. and its policies that limit market access for imported goods and services.

Analysts say they expect President Trump not to take a hard line on China regarding the

currency issue as Washington seeks to cooperate with Beijing to solve the North Korea nuclear

issue.

Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang News.